A Video Tribute: Saying so long to Roy Halladay

We all deal with the loss of a loved one in different ways. When it comes to saying so long to Roy Halladay, the best way for me to personally to grieve during this situation was to create this goodbye video message to him.

Ian has been writing about the Toronto Blue Jays since 2007. He enjoyed the tail-end of the Roy Halladay era and vividly remembers the Alex Rodriguez “mine” incident. He’ll also retell the story of Game 5 of the ALDS to his kids for the next 20 years.

It's such a sad day, all we can do now is remember how awesome Halladay was to see every 5 days, and pray that the return lives up to huge expecations that being "who we got in the Halladay" trade will place upon their shoulders.

It's the worst kind of break-up ever. Not only are we losing him, but we have to see him and his new lover all about town.

The real fans are going to be there and the casual ones will be back in a couple of years. It's still cheap summer entertainment so all will be ok.

I'm trying to stay focused on the positive. It feels like Doc has been gone for a while. I really feel like be Jays have a direction now and it looks promising. Don't be surprised if Roy's back after this contract to finish what he started…

It's easy to get trapped into the pessimism and say that this team will never win again, but we need to stay strong and stay focused on the future. I trust AA's vision for the team, even if it means taking five more years to get there.